AHC30820 Certificate III in Arboriculture

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC30820 ended on 29 April 2024 — 2 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
AHC — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package
Currency period ends
29 April 2024
Latest release
Release 3 · 26 March 2022 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC30816
Superseded by
AHC30824 not equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. AHC30820Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Arboriculture
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC30824CurrentCertificate III in Arboriculture

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • AHC30816AHC30820not equivalent25 August 2020

    Total number of units required to achieve the qualification decreased from 23 to 18. Changes to packaging rules, core and elective units. New specialisations added

  • AHC30820AHC30824not equivalent30 April 2024

    Updated 3 Core units, 14 Elective units and prerequisite requirements. Added 1 Elective unit. Deleted 1 Elective unit

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for AHC30820 and for its training package AHC (release 11.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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What AHC30820 is made of

training.gov.au lists 43 units for AHC30820: 9 core and 34 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 9 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCARB213Perform ground-based riggingcurrent
AHCARB314Implement a tree maintenance programcurrent
AHCARB315Inspect trees for access and workcurrent
AHCARB316Perform pruning operationscurrent
AHCARB323Identify treescurrent
FWPCOT2237Maintain chainsawsnot current
FWPCOT2239Trim and cut felled treesnot current
FWPFGM3212Fall trees manually (intermediate)not current
HLTAID011Provide First Aidcurrent

Elective units 34 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCARB212Operate and maintain stump grinding machinescurrent
AHCARB317Dismantle treescurrent
AHCARB318Undertake aerial rescuecurrent
AHCARB319Use arborist climbing techniquescurrent
AHCARB320Install tree support systemscurrent
AHCARB321Implement a tree protection programcurrent
AHCARB322Access trees for inspectioncurrent
AHCARB324Use cranes to access and dismantle treescurrent
AHCARB325Manage trees to create and maintain habitat refugescurrent
AHCARB406Verify pruning specificationscurrent
AHCARB407Supervise and audit tree operationscurrent
AHCARB408Perform a ground-based tree defect evaluationcurrent
AHCARB409Conduct a safety auditcurrent
AHCBIO305Apply biosecurity measuresnot current
AHCCHM304Transport and store chemicalscurrent
AHCCHM307Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseasescurrent
AHCFAU201Recognise faunanot current
AHCLPW304Carry out inspection of designated areanot current
AHCNAR202Maintain wildlife habitat refugesnot current
AHCPMG301Control weedscurrent
AHCPMG302Control plant pests, diseases and disorderscurrent
AHCWRK305Coordinate work site activitiesnot current
CPCCCM2010BWork safely at heightsnot current
CPCCDO3011APerform doggingnot current
CPCCOHS2001AApply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industrynot current
FWPCOT3238Operate a pole sawnot current
FWPFGM3213Fall trees manually (advanced)not current
FWPHAR2206Operate a mobile chipper/mulchernot current
HLTAID009Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitationcurrent
RIIWHS205EControl traffic with stop-slow batcurrent
Show the remaining 4 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
TLILIC0005Licence to operate a boom-type elevating work platform (boom length 11 metres or more)current
UETDRRF002Perform EWP rescuenot current
UETTDREL14Working safely near live electrical apparatus as a non-electrical workernot current
UETTDRRF08Perform EWP controlled descent escapenot current

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